Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Britain: Government Plans Radical Privatization for Police
March 5th, 2012I like this moment of clarity from the unnamed West Midlands police authority spokesman: “Combining with the business sector is aimed at totally transforming the way the force currently does business – improving the service provided to the public.” Law enforcement = business. If you start thinking about Mussolini and corporatism as you read the […]
Banker Resignations
March 5th, 2012I have no idea what a normal rate of resignations is, but, for whatever it’s worth: American Kabuki: 116 RESIGNATIONS FROM WORLD BANKS 3/2/12. Research Credit: MoneyMustGo
And Now… Foreign Central Banks Will Buy U.S. Equities
March 3rd, 2012*chortle* The Bernanke better flip the confetti cannons to full-auto mode. Via: Zero Hedge: In other words, while the Fed’s charter forbids it from buying US equities outright, it certainly can promise that it will bail out such bosom friends as the Bank of Israel, the Swiss National Bank, and soon everyone else, if and […]
Syria: Clinton Admits U.S. On Same Side As Al Qaeda To Destabilize Assad Government
March 2nd, 2012Via: Global Research: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has acknowledged that Al Qaeda and other organizations on the US “terror list” are supporting the Syrian opposition. Clinton said: “We have a very dangerous set of actors in the region, al-Qaida [sic], Hamas, and those who are on our terrorist list, to be sure, supporting […]
FDA Adds Diabetes, Memory Loss Warnings to Statins
March 1st, 2012As for the rest of this article, which is about how great statins really are *roll eyes*, I’d suggest reading, Cholesterol Drugs Are Dangerous, by Russell Blaylock, M.D. and Niacin Therapy, by Abram Hoffer, M.D. instead. Via: Reuters: Health regulators are adding warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, […]
McCaffrey Briefs NBC Executives on Upcoming War with Iran
March 1st, 2012Via: Salon: Apparently, not only does NBC continue to present McCaffrey to its viewers as some sort of objective analyst, but NBC News executives use him as some kind of private consultant and briefer on the news. On January 12, 2012, McCaffrey presented a seminar to roughly 20 NBC executives and producers — including NBC […]
The Madness of Dmitry Itskov
February 29th, 2012Hopefully, consciousness is nonlocal and these lunatics have no chance of success. Otherwise… Well, let’s just say that I don’t want to find out what the Cheney daemon has in mind for me, when it emerges from my virtual bedroom closet, wearing a bozo wig and clown suit. What could possibly go wrong? Along these […]
Google Once Considered Issuing Digital Currency
February 29th, 2012Via: IT World: Google once considered issuing its own currency, to be called Google Bucks, company Chairman Eric Schmidt said on stage in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress Tuesday. At the end of his keynote speech, Schmidt hit on a wide array of topics in response to audience questions. “We’ve had various proposals to […]
DOE/ARPA-E and GM Sponsored Envia Systems More Than Doubles Energy Density for Lithium-Ion Batteries While Reducing the Cost by Half
February 29th, 2012“What does all of this mean for GM? I have no idea. But if something really, really strange happens, it might make much more sense in hindsight.” —Obama Fired GM’s CEO; What’s Stirring Behind the Black Curtain? “The Manhattan Project, a project lasting roughly five years from start to finish, had cost $2.3 billion in […]
For Frack’s Sake: U.S. Wants Natural Gas as Major Auto Fuel Option
February 29th, 2012Via: Network World: Natural gas has never been much of an option for US car drivers and its going to take a lot of effort by the government and auto manufactures to make it a viable alternative to gas. But that’s just what a $10 million program from the Department of Energy’s advanced project development […]
